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Just ordered a Senecio deflersii

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 9:57 pm
by cacti and cacti not
I just ordered a Senecio deflersii from Shoal Creek Succulents on Ebay. They labeled it Kleinia obesa. I got it because it's a fascinating plant that I've never actually seen for sale before. How hard are they to grow though?

Re: Just ordered a Senecio deflersii

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:17 am
by mmcavall
Indeed a weird plant. I had never seen it before!

Re: Just ordered a Senecio deflersii

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 1:01 am
by esp_imaging
By the power of Google - I found this amazing website called cactiguide.com:

https://cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20631

Re: Just ordered a Senecio deflersii

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 1:07 am
by greenknight
I don't think any of the succulent Senecios are hard to grow. I was about to post the same link, beat me to it.

Re: Just ordered a Senecio deflersii

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 2:15 am
by cacti and cacti not
I have S. stapeliiformis. Their roots have rooted after a couple months of too much moisture (I overwatered them for a while and even now they haven’t dries out, drainage not too good). Their stems are not rotten though, and I hope I can save them.

Re: Just ordered a Senecio deflersii

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 2:15 am
by cacti and cacti not
I see why you’d want one Greenknight, they’re wonderfully bizarre.

Re: Just ordered a Senecio deflersii

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 2:17 am
by cacti and cacti not
Thank you for the help everyone! Good thing it’s easy. Strange that the article esp inaging found says they’re common.

Re: Just ordered a Senecio deflersii

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:17 am
by greenknight
cacti and cacti not wrote: Mon Feb 18, 2019 2:15 am I have S. stapeliiformis. Their roots have rooted after a couple months of too much moisture (I overwatered them for a while and even now they haven’t dries out, drainage not too good). Their stems are not rotten though, and I hope I can save them.
They can be grown from cuttings, so if you've got un-rotted stems you should be able to save them.

Re: Just ordered a Senecio deflersii

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:53 pm
by cacti and cacti not
Thank you

Re: Just ordered a Senecio deflersii

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:03 am
by esp_imaging
cacti and cacti not wrote: Mon Feb 18, 2019 2:17 am Thank you for the help everyone! Good thing it’s easy. Strange that the article esp inaging found says they’re common.
Maybe common where the author of the article is, but perhaps not for most of us.
All it takes for one nursery in an area to produce a few thousand of something, and then they are common wherever that nursery supplies to, even if they are rare elsewhere.